Famous Deaths In 1848

Jan 05 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1848.

Jan 09 In the year 1848 death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)

Jan 20 In the year 1848 death of christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)

Feb 15 In the year 1848 death of hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)

Feb 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on this day in history.

Feb 23 In the year 1848 john Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80

Mar 03 Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies in the year 1848.

Mar 20 In the year 1848 abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27

Mar 29 John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on this day in history.

Apr 08 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.

Apr 10 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 on this day in history.

Apr 24 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 in the year 1848.

Apr 30 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 on this day in history.

May 11 Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) died on this day in history.

May 18 On this day in history william A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF

May 25 In the year 1848 death of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)

May 31 Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) died in the year 1848.

Jun 27 On this day in history death of denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54

Jul 04 In the year 1848 francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies

Jul 22 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.

Aug 06 On this day in history nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58

Aug 07 Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) died on this day in history.

Aug 09 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies on this day in history.

Aug 12 In the year 1848 george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies

Aug 15 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.

Sep 11 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.

Oct 04 In the year 1848 louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82

Oct 05 In the year 1848 death of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)

Oct 26 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies on this day in history.

Oct 27 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.

Nov 09 On this day in history death of robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed

Nov 10 Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786) died on this day in history.

Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered died on this day in history.

Nov 17 Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies on this day in history.

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of john Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)

Jan 04 Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) was born on this day in history.

Jan 05 In the year 1848 birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)

Jan 18 Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born in the year 1848.

Jan 19 John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.

Jan 21 Henri Duparc, French composer was born in the year 1848.

Jan 22 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) was born on this day in history.